30-11-2021, 01:27 PM
(This post was last modified: 30-11-2021, 01:29 PM by Olivemyrtle.)
Social and/or mainstream? You might be surprised if you consciously asked yourself which sources provide what constitutes 'the facts' for you.
Just harking back, again, because I think it's relevant to the discussion, when I was young, a fact was something printed in Encyclopaedia Britannica (and in many cases has long since been superseded) so getting to university and finding those 'facts' translated into discussions, with engaged and stimulating lecturers, was such an amazing feeling.
I believe that most of us certainly can form our own views but we need to be mindful that while we can have our own opinions, we can't have our own facts!
Just harking back, again, because I think it's relevant to the discussion, when I was young, a fact was something printed in Encyclopaedia Britannica (and in many cases has long since been superseded) so getting to university and finding those 'facts' translated into discussions, with engaged and stimulating lecturers, was such an amazing feeling.
I believe that most of us certainly can form our own views but we need to be mindful that while we can have our own opinions, we can't have our own facts!